In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
EXPERIMENTED
Verb
experimented
simple past tense and past participle of experiment
Source: Wiktionary
EXPERIMENT
Ex*per"i*ment, n. Etym: [L. experimentum, fr. experiri to try: cf. OF. esperiment, experiment. See Experience.]
1. Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof. A political experiment can not be made in a laboratory, not determinant in a few hours. J. Adams.
2. Experience. [Obs.] Adam, by sad experiment I know How little weight my words with thee can find. Milton.
Ex*per"i*ment, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Experimented; p. pr. & vb. n. Experinenting.]
Definition: To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power.
Ex*per"i*ment, v.t
Definition: , To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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